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The Village People

Part clever idea, component exaggerated camp action, the Village Individuals were worldwide feelings during disco’s heyday and hold reviving just like the phoenix. Manufacturer Jacques Morali in 1977 set up a group made to get gay viewers while parodying (some stated exploiting) that same constituency’s stereotypes. Songwriters Phil Hurtt and …

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Cerrone

Marc Cerrone was perhaps one of the most influential disco makers in Europe through the 1970s and early ’80s, eclipsed just by Giorgio Moroder. Created in Paris in 1952, he analyzed music as a kid and received his 1st post as the orchestra innovator at a Parisian golf club at …

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Divine

Move queen and cult-movie superstar Divine, given birth to Harris Glenn Milstead, attained immortality using the outrageously raunchy cult common Green Flamingos, but can forever be appreciated in homosexual discos for the string of campy and fun dance strikes. In 1979, Divine released the “Blessed to become Cheap” one on …

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Evelyn “Champagne” King

R&B vocalist Evelyn “Champagne” Ruler came to popularity through the disco period and remained prominent through a lot of the ’80s with over two dozen charting singles. Created July 1, 1960, in the Bronx, she acquired a showbiz lineage. Her uncle was professional/vocalist/dancer Avon Longer, who first performed Sportin’ Lifestyle …

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Sylvester

Combined with the Community People, ’70s disco artist Sylvester was mostly of the artists from the era not really scared to openly recognize his homosexuality. Delivered Sylvester Adam during Sept 1944 in LA, CA, Sylvester was released to music young by his grandmother, Julia Morgan, who was simply a jazz …

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Harvey Fuqua

Harvey Fuqua founded the seminal R&B/doo wop group the Moonglows, was an early on mentor of Marvin Gaye (co-producing “Sexual Recovery” and Gaye’s strike duets with Tammi Terrell), helped to build up several Motown serves, and helped to start the professions of ’70s soul-pop group New Delivery and disco superstar …

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Gloria Gaynor

Perhaps second and then Donna Summer, Gloria Gaynor is becoming among the best-known female disco artists from your ’70s because of the ongoing success of her monster 1979 hit (and subsequent “woman’s anthem”), “I’LL Survive.” Blessed Gloria Fowles on Sept 7, 1949, in Newark, NJ, the vocalist (who began heading …

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Gwen McCrae

Best remembered on her behalf number 1 R&B hit “Rockin’ Seat” from 1975, Gwen McCrae was a gutsy Southern spirit diva with a specific affinity for dance songs. Alongside her spouse George (“Rock and roll YOUR CHILD”), Gwen was area of the Miami-based T.K. Information steady, which laid significant amounts …

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The Weather Girls

The Weather Young ladies, Martha Clean and Izora Armstead, began within the gospel group NOW (Information of the Globe) before they truly became backup singers for Sylvester within the ’70s. They produced the duo Two Loads o’ Fun (aka both Loads), and released a set of albums — which highlighted …

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Haddaway

Most widely known for his insistent 1993 membership strike “WHAT’S Like,” Eurodisco enigma Haddaway was created in Trinidad but raised in Cologne, Germany. Small else is well known in regards to the performer, afterwards located in Monaco; his 1993 debut, Haddaway–The Record, released the smash “WHAT’S Love,” that was not …

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